Of the Sixth and Seventh Century by C.P. Cavafy

Of the Sixth and Seventh Century

by C.P. Cavafy

It's very interesting and moving,

the Alexandria of the sixth century, or early in the seventh

before the coming of the mighty Arab nation.

She still speaks Greek, officially;

perhaps without much verve, yet, as is only fitting,

she speaks our language still.

Throughout the Greek world it's destined to fade away;

but here it's still holding up as best it can.

It's not unnatural if we have looked upon

this particular era so feelingly,

we who now have once more borne

the sound of Greek speech back to her soil.

History

The Lycian tombs at Sidyma are among the most atmospheric funerary landscapes in ancient Lycia, in southwestern Anatolia near modern Dodurga, not far from Fethiye.

Sidyma’s tombs are scattered across steep, terraced hillsides, olive groves, and rocky outcrops rather than… pic.twitter.com/kQKi7lsGkl

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 21, 2026

 

An Insight

I’ll publish a longer article on this tomorrow, but here is the simplest way to explain what makes Islam fundamentally different from every other major religion, and why it is uniquely destabilizing.

Judaism, Sikhism, Christianity, and Islam are monotheistic religions, which…

— Dan Burmawi (@DanBurmawy) January 20, 2026

 

I see wonderful things

"It's just a wood in England, it can't be that cool" 😱😍 pic.twitter.com/zBrr1jasya

— Gollumgram (@Gollumgram) January 22, 2026

 

Offbeat Humor

A man on his deathbed calls for his lawyer...

"I want to revise my will one last time," he whispers. "I'm leaving everything to my devoted brother, Charles."

The lawyer is shocked. "But sir, for years you've told me Charles is a liar and a thief! What about your friends?…

— 𝙅𝙤𝙨𝙝™ (@SommyWritesWeb3) January 21, 2026

 

Data Talks

evergreen https://t.co/eUTfzvjAgO pic.twitter.com/TMlAxFmQhd

— Max (@minordissent) January 20, 2026

 

Hampstead Village, Flask Walk, 2025 by Liam O'Farrell

Hampstead Village, Flask Walk, 2025 by Liam O'Farrell (Britain)

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History

Just a reminder that Benjamin Franklin was a teenage anon sh*tposter cosplaying as a woman.

Before lightning, bifocals, or founding a country, Benjamin Franklin was a 16 year old printer’s apprentice sneaking essays under a door at night. Signed by a fake middle aged widow named… pic.twitter.com/1TkGxii7bD

— InfantryDort (@infantrydort) January 21, 2026

 

An Insight

“In the multiculturalist’s mental world, in which the savages are forever noble, there is no criterion by which to distinguish high art from low trash.”

Theodore Dalrymple pic.twitter.com/RYrK0liwp6

— Mark W. (@DurhamWASP) January 20, 2026

 

The hard work is refusing two temptations

From The Helicopter, The Courtroom, & The Greater Good by Rajesh Achanta.  The subheading is ... hope. recently airborne.  Speaking about the strategy and tactics regarding the Maduro raid in Venezuela.

The hard work is refusing two temptations: moral purity that won’t speak about outcomes, and moral convenience that speaks only about outcomes.

If we want to argue about this without chest-thumping or doom, its useful to separate two sentences that people keep merging: I’m glad this happened and I endorse the method. Those are different claims.